#A48CB2#A48CB2

#A48CB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.061 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CB2
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(278, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 16.23, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 23.18, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0418 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.061 313)
XYZ	xyz(32.7225, 29.8634, 46.1512)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CB2 #9AB28C

analogous

#918CB2 #A48CB2 #B28CAD

triadic

#A48CB2 #B2A48C #8CB2A4

tetradic

#A48CB2 #B2918C #9AB28C #8CADB2

square

#A48CB2 #B2918C #9AB28C #8CADB2

split-complementary

#A48CB2 #ADB28C #8CB291

monochromatic

#674E75 #876799 #A48CB2 #C1B1CB #DED5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A48CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A48CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CB2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CB2	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.061 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadc9',
    500: '#a48cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48cb2;
$custom-light: #bfadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67467,
    "c": 0.06126,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.29863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CB2

secondary

#CBD4C6

accent

#9E4767

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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